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Mamie Smith

Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)

Mamie Smith was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-American artist to make vocal blues recordings. Willie "The Lion" Smith described the background of these recordings in his autobiography Music on My Mind (1964).

26 May 1883

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